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IREPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council / From the City Manager September 23, 2002 Subject Agreement for Professional Services with Anderson Brule' Amhitects, Inc. (ABA) for providing a needs assessment and other services for the possible Redwood City Branch Library in Redwood Shores. Recommendation Approve and authorize execution of an agreement with Anderson Brule' Architects, Inc. of San Jose, California, for providing Professional Services for developing a Needs Assessment, preparing conceptual plans, completing the State Grant application for Libraries, and other professional architectural and engineering services, as required for the Redwood City Branch Library in Redwood Shores, in an amount not to exceed $180,118.00. Background tn June 2001, the City contracted with Godbe Research and Analysis to conduct a survey - to ascertain what facilities the residents in the Redwood Shores community wanted in Redwood Shores. A branch library was the number one response by the residents polled. The City Council, during the development of the current fiscal year's Capital improvement Program, authorized funds to begin and complete the process of submitting a grant application to the California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 Funds for determining the need and feasibility of a new public branch library in Redwood Shores. The firm of Anderson Brule' from San Jose was chosen based on qualifications. They have extensive experience in preparing Grant applications, worked successfully with the City of San Jose and San Jose State College in completing their joint use Library, and worked with the Cities of San Jose and San Ramon in developing their Library needs assessment and operational planning. There are extensive required elements in preparing the grant application, and the firm has proposed a scope of work and aggressive timeline that would enable us to submit an application by the deadline of March 28, 2003. This includes a number of public meetings with the community and staff in assessing the needs of a library, developing a plan of service for a library, developing a building program that optimizes the size of a library, preparing conceptual floor plans, and finalizing the grant application. It is also proposed that a Community Advisory Committee be formed to assist the - consulting team and staff in this process and evaluate what additional uses maybe possible on this site.